Active Products Tables for WooCommerce Plugin up to 1.0.6.5 on WordPress Shortcode woot_get_smth code injection

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A vulnerability has been found in Active Products Tables for WooCommerce Plugin up to 1.0.6.5 on WordPress and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function woot_get_smth of the component Shortcode Handler. This manipulation causes code injection. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-10959. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Active Products Tables for WooCommerce Plugin up to 1.0.6.5 on WordPress. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function woot_get_smth of the component Shortcode Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The The Active Products Tables for WooCommerce. Use constructor to create tables plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution via woot_get_smth AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.6.5. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-10959 since 11/07/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/10/2024). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• E-Commerce Management Software

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• Active Products Tables for WooCommerce Plugin

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• 1.0.6.0
• 1.0.6.1
• 1.0.6.2
• 1.0.6.3
• 1.0.6.4
• 1.0.6.5

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